Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Captain Sams vs the Common Yellowthroats

 CAPTAIN SAMS

Today was a great day out at Captain Sams, with a staggering 75 new birds and 6 recaptures for a total of 81 individuals! This is a vast difference from the past week of ~20 birds a day. The recent weather has been favorable for migration and the north-easterly winds brought in plenty of migrants. Our most abundant birds were common yellowthroats, of which we caught 41! They really lived up to the "common" part of their name because they were everywhere today! 

In addition to the plentiful yellowthroats, we also caught Captain Sams' first worm-eating warbler of the season. It is always cool to catch these less common birds, especially on days where common yellowthroats take over.

The rest of the week is looking pretty good in terms of wind direction. Hopefully this will lead to more days like today (although I hope the yellowthroats will let other birds have their time in the limelight)!

Worm-eating Warbler (after hatch year, sex unknown)



- Natalie


LITTLE BEAR

Wet and gloomy conditions today at Little Bear. High N-NE winds resulted in keeping half of our nets open to start, with that number dwindling as the weather grew more intense. Be that as it may, we banded a total of 18 new birds and recaptured 2 birds (a majority of which was caught during the first net run). The crew found solace in our lack of mosquito bites, as it was windy enough to reduce insect activity at the station! 


-Lisa Viviano



Note:  All banding, marking, and sampling is being conducted under a federally authorized Bird Banding Permit issued by the U.S. Geological Survey’s BBL
  Species  Captain SamsLittle Bear
NewRecapsNewRecaps
Downy Woodpecker
-1--
Traill's Flycatcher
2---
Red-eyed Vireo
--11
Worm-eating Warbler
1---
Northern Waterthrush
12-4-
Black-and-white Warbler
1-1-
Common Yellowthroat
41-7-
American Redstart
12-2-
Yellow Warbler
1-1-
Prairie Warbler
2-1-
Northern Cardinal
-2--
Painted Bunting
-311

Today's Banding StatsCaptain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
75
18
93
# of Recaptures
6
2
8
# of Species
10
8
12
Effort (net-hours)
180.7
35.75
216.45
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
44.8
55.9
46.7
# of Nets
32
13
45

2024 Fall Cumulative Banding Stats Captain SamsLittle BearTOTAL
# Birds Banded
398
279
677
# of Recaptures
151
106
257
# of Species
29
30
41
Effort (net-hours)
3,055.1
1,337.25
4,392.35
Capture Rate (birds/100 net-hours)
17.9
20.8
21.3
# of Days1913-

Banding Staff

Aaron Given (CS)
Michael Gamble (CS)
Kristin Attinger (LB)
Natalie Miller (CS)
Lisa Viviano (LB)
Noah Nei (LB)

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